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Active Intellect (A-Z entry)
in mystical thought, the repository of the intelligible forms that govern the sublunar world.
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Acts of the Apostles (A-Z entry)
The fifth book of the New Testament in the common arrangement, Acts records certain phases of the progress of Christianity for a period of ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Afterlife and Immortality (A-Z entry)
This entry consists of two articles on views of life after death within the historical communities of Ancient Israel and Second Temple Judaism and ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Amos (Chapters)
Amos is the earliest of the prophets who have books in their names. In fact, his oracles were transmitted orally and were only collected ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Anathema (A-Z entry)
A Greek word corresponding to Hebr. ḥērem ( See Ban ) and designating an object dedicated or devoted to a deity either for consecration ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
annunciation (A-Z entry)
The message brought by the angel Gabriel to Mary recorded only by Luke ( 1: 26–38 ) that she would be the mother of ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
anthropology (A-Z entry)
Usually the study of mankind's cultures, customs, and cults—but in Christian theology it is used for the doctrine that men and women are made ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
apophatic (A-Z entry)
(from Gk for “deny”) the theology that works by denying likenesses between God and anything that can be conceived, since God transcends all ...
Source: Oxford Biblical Studies Online
Apostolic Council (A-Z entry)
The gathering of the Jerusalem church under the leadership of apostles and elders reported in Acts 15.4–29 . The meeting took place after unnamed ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
aqeda (A-Z entry)
A term used by rabbis for the elaborate theological development of the Genesis story of the sacrifice of Isaac ( Gen. 22: 1–19 ) ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Ascension of Christ (A-Z entry)
Despite the great importance and influence of the early church's belief in the ascension of Christ , it is described explicitly in the New ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
assurance (A-Z entry)
On the basis of Rom. 8: 16 some theologians of the Protestant tradition have held the doctrine that believers can be assured of their ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Astarte (A-Z entry)
(AV: Ashtoreth , Ashtaroth ). The Greek form of Ashtart, one of the three great Canaanite goddesses. Astarte was primarily a goddess of fertility ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Ban (A-Z entry)
The Hebrew word ḥērem is generally translated “ban” or “devoted (thing)” and means something set apart as belonging to Yahweh and therefore forbidden for ...
Source: The Oxford Companion to the Bible
Barrett, Charles Kingsley (A-Z entry)
( b. 1917 ) Born in Yorkshire and educated at Cambridge, where he studied theology under E. C. Hoskyns . After three years as ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
Baruch (Chapters)
Baruch, son of Neriah, was the secretary of the great prophet Jeremiah. He wrote down the prophet's preaching to preserve it for later generations, ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
Beza, Theodore (A-Z entry)
( 1519 – 1605 ) Swiss reformed theologian who succeeded John Calvin as leader in Geneva. He is remembered in biblical studies for having ...
Source: A Dictionary of the Bible
The Bible in Catholic Life (Chapters)
Church Life Today One of the great achievements of the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) has been the renewal of interest in the Bible among ...
Source: The Catholic Study Bible
The Bible in Ethics (Chapters)
A. Methodological Issues i. The Old Testament Anyone who has been concerned to examine the ethics of the OT has had to contend with ...
Source: The Oxford Handbook of Biblical Studies
The Bible in the Jewish Mystical Tradition (Chapters)
Background to the Jewish Mystical Tradition Early Sources The mystical tradition in Judaism is a multifaceted phenomenon whose early roots reach back to the ...
Source: The Jewish Study Bible
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